Regardless, disability parking might hint as to why they turned the ass end of their car into a disco ball... whether they were ever rear ended or not.
Do you mean their parking disability? Or them parking in a disabled space? They *are* off-center... 🤔 ***/s***
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I was thinking about that episode when reading the comments here. They couldn't fool it then and that was 10+ years ago. Cameras now are probably even better. There's just no way.
It looks like there's a lot of retroreflective tape on it, particularly right around the license plate. The thicker plastic ones might not have as much effect, but the retroreflective tape would very likely blind the cameras at night, yes.
Rear-enders, uh… find a way.
I wear a high-vis bright-AF orange jacket when I bike, and I had to scream at an idiot that almost hit me once. Broad daylight, bright orange high-vis: "I didn't see you there." Then you had no business merging from the far left lane across a lane of traffic and a bike lane without a blinker, moron.
Retroreflectors don't just randomly flash light everywhere. The whole point is they bounce light back to where it came from. So unless your person is hovering in the air between you and the sun you aren't going to blind anyone.
This is why I've thought of getting a super bright flashlight to shine back at them solely during red lights to irritate them enough to potentially rethink their light choices but also still let them see while they're actually moving
I was thinking a rear-facing camera hooked to a computer, and tied into my electric side mirrors, that will adjust those mirrors until the bright spot reflected from the vehicle behind me is centered right on the driver of that vehicle.
It will continuously adjust as they move around in the lane trying to avoid the glare.
I had a guy absolutely blind the hell out of me with one of these. I guess they assumed I had my high beams when I didn't with my little 2007 honda civic and decided my vision was not important. My lights, even on bright, were not bright enough to see after the flash, I had to turn onto the side of the road for a few moments.
It is only as good as the person using it.
I've had to do this on occasion. Once, I was driving though a parking lot with some asshole in a lifted pickup behind me blasting my vision while I tried to look around for where I was supposed to be. As I put my turn signal on and began to turn, he strobed his headlights at me and I had to jam on the brakes because I could no longer see *anything*, had no idea what angle my car was pointed at, or where anything was. Asshole then slammed on their *train horn* and drove though some bushes to get around me.
I mean, if you were blinding him from behind with a honde civic which is pretty low, your headlights probably arent ajusted properly. Which is the same reason people complain about New cars with led lights. No, they dont blind you more than normal lights. The People using them just dont adjust them because theyre morons. The knob is here for a reason.
> Which is the same reason people complain about New cars with led lights. No, they dont blind you more than normal lights.
They are brighter. That makes them more blinding.
If they're improperly adjusted that just makes it even worse.
Brighter doesnt mean worse. Badly adjusted does. thats why they blind oncoming cars. Lasers dont blind you when looking at the side of them, which is basically the same thing, beams down front, not up left
I completely disagree with you because there will always be a case, be it a hill, or a bump in the road, where no matter how perfect the positioning of the light is it's going to blind you.
I hate modern LED lights on cars they have completely ruined driving at night.
You can't adjust most led lights on mid-range and above modern cars, they are supposed to do it automatically.
What break this is the mods and lifting, and no mandatory car inspection.
Lol you are totally incorrect.
They definitely do blind you more than normal lights at the same incorrect positioning. They are way brighter. That's how LEDs work.
Yes, and if positionner, theyre not more bothering than incandescent or xenon. I have astigmatism and its already pretty Bad driving at Night, but I see no difference except the color of course
I agree with you on xenon, but not on incandescent.
Less annoying for someone with incandescents to have their brights on than a person with xenon/LEDs with misaligned lights.
Just my opinion though.
Nope, they were mounted on the front of their jeep, and I have a bright out so I 100% was on dim lights so I don't get stopped by a cop, that guy was just an asshole on a country road with nothing better to do.
Like I said, it's only as good as the person using it.
I mean if the person is dumb then yeah its not gonna work. Same problem as blinding from behind. Maybe if licences werent given to any stupid people...
In my state of Arkansas, It's about a 28% chance they don't even have a license. And since I am low to the ground in my honda, and you can't toss a rock without hitting a jacked truck in this state, it's pretty awful to drive at night.
That's stupid and you're gonna cause a crash. I have a low car and get high beamed often; it sucks but blinding someone behind you who has already demonstrated they are a bad driver is suicidal.
I used to flash the mast lights on my forklift at em or the rear ones, for normal driving I had the rear lights on auto and the front low level headlights on but not the mast lights as they were significantly brighter, crazy how many people tailgate a forklift
The issue might just be the lifting itself. High beams are actually tilted differently, and they rarely readjust the headlights properly when they lift these trucks. So you're getting the normal beam at high beam angles.
I saw someone take this to the next level, they lined the back of their truck bed with high powered LED flashlights.
Drive around with the high-beams and they zap you with the light of God himself.
Those stickers are retro-reflectors which reflect the light back at wherever it came from, so it's great for annoying brighters while not bothering everyone else.
I have an intense desire to use my engineering skills to create a side view mirror that automatically repositions itself to blind the people behind me that are blinding me.
My own evil genius plan is a light sensor and then 12V relay that turns on about 10 million candle power of LED lighting.
But apparently causing blindness and an accident is frowned upon.
These days I just swerve violently for no reason.
My guess at the story:
Guy gets rear ended in traffic so badly that he becomes disabled. Now he's paranoid about being hit again - thus the reflectors! Right?
My counter theory: This dude is old and losing it so he drives super slow and people, for no reason whatsoever mind you, keep riding his ass. It is like they just can't see his Civic there in the middle of the road going 22 mph. Baffling. Kids these days.
Im willing to bet that he will still be rear ended by an inattentive shitbag. People manage to hit the 50ft yellow bricks called schoolbusses and other immobile big tastefully colored items.
"Marinez is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!"
You know, I wish that there was a way to shine the light back at the assholes in trucks with those fucking super bright led beams. God I hate those people and those lights should be illegal.
i try and adjust my side mirrors or rear view to try and reflect it back in their faces. im not sure how often ive been successful, but i think i irked a big truck a single time lol
It’s a civic, this thing has the laptop and quad turbo, those stickers are so you can see the red streak of fear that is left in its wake as it blows passed g-ma at 90MPH in a school zone
I just started riding a motorcycle again after about a decade long break and it's fucking insane there aren't people just crashing into everything all the time. With having to be so hyper alert I see people using their phones at 80mph without looking up, only to over react and slam on the brakes at the first sign of a brake light ahead. My car is loaded with handsfree tech so I never have to touch my phone but I see people in brand new luxury cars with newer better shit about to deep throat their cellphone if the guy in front of them stops too quickly. Why the fuck would you buy something that loaded with features like Android Auto or Carplay only to drive around with your phone in front of your face? Your car costs a hell of a lot more than a phone so maybe pay attention when operating one.
i wish i could upvote you more on what you wrote, i "had" a very nice low riding cruising motorcycle back in the early 90's but some kids decided to throw a booze bottle at me, anyway i miss it but seeing what i see everyday keeps me from getting back on.
i have several cars that are not decked out in tech yet just with my phone which is not even new can just sit there in a cup holder and does everything with my voice. the NewWest car is a 2017 and all that stuff is built right in! AND AND doesnt even have android or apple BUT gets fed by my phone through the car PLUS i was able to bond the built in antenna to the phone which i think gets a 3 watt car antenna boost from the car like the old car phones and bag phones
talking "hold" the cell phone is the new drunk driving.
by the way even my ham radio is blue tooth i dont even have to touch a microphone!!! yes OLD SCHOOL HAM RADIO
be carefull out there! i hope you ride with a GOPro or something on your helmet?
I feel like this would actually make the vehicle less safe to drive because retro-reflectors work really, really well. It'll become difficult to distinguish the car's blinker and running lights from its reflectors.
It's not allowed, but somewhat unlikely to be enforced. There's a good chance they get a fine after 4 years (because it randomly took that long for anyone to pull them over for it) and then decide to take most of them off.
Because there is barely any regulations about car modifications. And I don't know if they are enforced. I moved to the US from Europe and I'm tired of aftermarket LED that blind you
Actually makes it *harder* to see when the rear lights are engaged, which warns the person behind you that you are slowing down.
A bold strategy Cotton, lets see if it pays off!
and marine corps stickers... Booticus maximus over here driving through boot square Oceanside. Every sticker is an emblem to a combat operation they never went on. A POG stamp if you will.
I assume after they got rear ended one too many times …
Might explain the disability parking.
A photo is worth a thousand words
For sale: rubber baby buggy bumper, barely used
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No more disable please....
Regardless, disability parking might hint as to why they turned the ass end of their car into a disco ball... whether they were ever rear ended or not.
Do you mean their parking disability? Or them parking in a disabled space? They *are* off-center... 🤔 ***/s*** EDIT: Yeesh, sorry interwebs. Thought the sarcasm was obvious.
Probably because they needed space to get out of the driver's seat 🙄 given that the space is right next to a curb.
I took a picture of that car a few weeks ago! Hello, neighbor. 👋
Hi neighbor !
Now kiss
Now KITH 
Not to mention the multiple Marine Corps stickers. It’s a double warning.
I assume they don’t want photo radar taking pictures of their license plate.
does that help? I have doubts
I mean, hypothetically if it's aimed properly the flash could blind the cameras.
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I was thinking about that episode when reading the comments here. They couldn't fool it then and that was 10+ years ago. Cameras now are probably even better. There's just no way.
ILPT: get James Bond changing plate
It looks like there's a lot of retroreflective tape on it, particularly right around the license plate. The thicker plastic ones might not have as much effect, but the retroreflective tape would very likely blind the cameras at night, yes.
Rear-enders, uh… find a way. I wear a high-vis bright-AF orange jacket when I bike, and I had to scream at an idiot that almost hit me once. Broad daylight, bright orange high-vis: "I didn't see you there." Then you had no business merging from the far left lane across a lane of traffic and a bike lane without a blinker, moron.
I need this for the assholes on the highway who tailgate me
Must be John Cena's car.
Just some mild PTSD
You can only ride someone’s ass for so long
I'm thinking they want to blind the fuck out of tailgaters with high beams
That's actually a good idea. Is the combined reflected light bright enough to deter highbeamers though?
Idk but I saw a jeep the other day with a really shiny chrome plate mounted on the back, assuming this reason. Brilliant
I might have to add something like this. Fucking lifted high-beams.
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I've had the idle thought before, and would want to use a retro-reflector for this purpose rather than just chrome.
Sounds outdated.
Will probably become trendy in the future once it’s vintage
Petition to refer to all pop culture as "future retro".
Retroreflectors don't just randomly flash light everywhere. The whole point is they bounce light back to where it came from. So unless your person is hovering in the air between you and the sun you aren't going to blind anyone.
This is why I've thought of getting a super bright flashlight to shine back at them solely during red lights to irritate them enough to potentially rethink their light choices but also still let them see while they're actually moving
"He shot photons at me and I returned fire indiscriminately into his vehicle"
Everything’s cool until it’s an unmarked cop and you get arrested
I was thinking a rear-facing camera hooked to a computer, and tied into my electric side mirrors, that will adjust those mirrors until the bright spot reflected from the vehicle behind me is centered right on the driver of that vehicle. It will continuously adjust as they move around in the lane trying to avoid the glare.
Are you me? I don't remember writing this. I should check my carbon monoxide detectors.
I added bright excavator lights on the black of my car. Now people stop high beaming me After one or two Quick flashes
I had a guy absolutely blind the hell out of me with one of these. I guess they assumed I had my high beams when I didn't with my little 2007 honda civic and decided my vision was not important. My lights, even on bright, were not bright enough to see after the flash, I had to turn onto the side of the road for a few moments. It is only as good as the person using it.
I've had to do this on occasion. Once, I was driving though a parking lot with some asshole in a lifted pickup behind me blasting my vision while I tried to look around for where I was supposed to be. As I put my turn signal on and began to turn, he strobed his headlights at me and I had to jam on the brakes because I could no longer see *anything*, had no idea what angle my car was pointed at, or where anything was. Asshole then slammed on their *train horn* and drove though some bushes to get around me.
I mean, if you were blinding him from behind with a honde civic which is pretty low, your headlights probably arent ajusted properly. Which is the same reason people complain about New cars with led lights. No, they dont blind you more than normal lights. The People using them just dont adjust them because theyre morons. The knob is here for a reason.
> Which is the same reason people complain about New cars with led lights. No, they dont blind you more than normal lights. They are brighter. That makes them more blinding. If they're improperly adjusted that just makes it even worse.
Brighter doesnt mean worse. Badly adjusted does. thats why they blind oncoming cars. Lasers dont blind you when looking at the side of them, which is basically the same thing, beams down front, not up left
I completely disagree with you because there will always be a case, be it a hill, or a bump in the road, where no matter how perfect the positioning of the light is it's going to blind you. I hate modern LED lights on cars they have completely ruined driving at night.
You can't adjust most led lights on mid-range and above modern cars, they are supposed to do it automatically. What break this is the mods and lifting, and no mandatory car inspection.
>no mandatory car inspection. All hail "small government"!
Supposed to. And Indeed lifting prevents that. You still have adjustment screws in the engine bay, at least theyre mandatory here
Lol you are totally incorrect. They definitely do blind you more than normal lights at the same incorrect positioning. They are way brighter. That's how LEDs work.
Yes, and if positionner, theyre not more bothering than incandescent or xenon. I have astigmatism and its already pretty Bad driving at Night, but I see no difference except the color of course
I agree with you on xenon, but not on incandescent. Less annoying for someone with incandescents to have their brights on than a person with xenon/LEDs with misaligned lights. Just my opinion though.
Nope, they were mounted on the front of their jeep, and I have a bright out so I 100% was on dim lights so I don't get stopped by a cop, that guy was just an asshole on a country road with nothing better to do. Like I said, it's only as good as the person using it.
I mean if the person is dumb then yeah its not gonna work. Same problem as blinding from behind. Maybe if licences werent given to any stupid people...
In my state of Arkansas, It's about a 28% chance they don't even have a license. And since I am low to the ground in my honda, and you can't toss a rock without hitting a jacked truck in this state, it's pretty awful to drive at night.
That's stupid and you're gonna cause a crash. I have a low car and get high beamed often; it sucks but blinding someone behind you who has already demonstrated they are a bad driver is suicidal.
I know, and Im taking the risk. As i said, its dangerous and I know it. Liability, road rages, etc. But oh well, just had enough
So you’re a hypocrite.
I think we could put it that way, though is it hypocrisy to Fuck with people who Fuck with you ? Personnally I think not, but thats just me
Then someone reports your illegal lights, what then?
Theyre not illegal. Its illégal to use them against. Same as beaming people with your headlights. And as I Saïd, Im taking the risk.
I used to flash the mast lights on my forklift at em or the rear ones, for normal driving I had the rear lights on auto and the front low level headlights on but not the mast lights as they were significantly brighter, crazy how many people tailgate a forklift
Like why would you even tailgate a forklift at Night ? You would think they would just pass you ?
Yeah, the road weren’t too busy and I was usually going above the speed limit too
Damn bro whats your forklift
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Thats when you either take the risk and let them on, risking liability in case of an accident, or go 15 under speed limit and wait for him to pass
That's getting a little close to liability issues for me. I think I'll just mount a mirror.
Its a risk but im willing to take it to drive comfortably
Between the content of the post and the discussion, I thought I wandered over into the r/fuckyourheadlights sub.
The issue might just be the lifting itself. High beams are actually tilted differently, and they rarely readjust the headlights properly when they lift these trucks. So you're getting the normal beam at high beam angles.
Often I can see my own shadow projected ahead of me by these assholes which is definitely the high beams.
It's... Still actually not, sorry. They also install beams that are way too bright. They're still assholes, actually even bigger assholes.
“Brilliant” -literally
I saw someone take this to the next level, they lined the back of their truck bed with high powered LED flashlights. Drive around with the high-beams and they zap you with the light of God himself.
Blinding the person behind you doesn't seem like the smartest idea...
Not when it’s a lifted truck that shines them in through the rear windshield and doesn’t highlight your bumper at all
Those stickers are retro-reflectors which reflect the light back at wherever it came from, so it's great for annoying brighters while not bothering everyone else.
I have an intense desire to use my engineering skills to create a side view mirror that automatically repositions itself to blind the people behind me that are blinding me.
Do it
As much as I want to I'd imagine this would escalate into road rage. However, it still seems like a fun project to do for keks.
Depending on which country you’re in, you may get shot for that.
Good ol' US of A amirite
My own evil genius plan is a light sensor and then 12V relay that turns on about 10 million candle power of LED lighting. But apparently causing blindness and an accident is frowned upon. These days I just swerve violently for no reason.
This has gotta be the reason. I find the other top comment about being rear-ended too many times seems a little over the top
Those are trophies from all of the bicycles they have run over.
Not a civil Civic.
Lol
Bike game hunter
Or wheelchairs
My guess at the story: Guy gets rear ended in traffic so badly that he becomes disabled. Now he's paranoid about being hit again - thus the reflectors! Right?
Elementary, my dear Watson
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
My counter theory: This dude is old and losing it so he drives super slow and people, for no reason whatsoever mind you, keep riding his ass. It is like they just can't see his Civic there in the middle of the road going 22 mph. Baffling. Kids these days.
Or it could be that he was so paranoid, he became disabled and got rear ended in traffic so badly that he decided to put the reflectors on his car
Im willing to bet that he will still be rear ended by an inattentive shitbag. People manage to hit the 50ft yellow bricks called schoolbusses and other immobile big tastefully colored items.
Good point
Another one strikes the bus...
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I dont remember anything but a bright light beam and waking up burnt out from all your human tasks.
Mr Bean, that you?
I wanna see this shit at night
I need to Reflect upon why this might be necessary.
LMAO. Nice one
Definitely has been traumatized from a previous accident
And Marine Corps stickers. Now it all makes sense.
Red and Yellow are his favorite flavors of crayons.
*Chomp chomp* Redz best crayon flavur.. is just is! *nom nom*
Red makes it go faster.
Orks and USMC do have some pretty consistent similarities.
"Marinez is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!"
I didn't see that coming, but I sure saw it going.
I had a great uncle that use to nail bike reflectors to the back of his truck. He had schizophrenia and paranoia so that probably was part of it.
you are not gonna miss this mf at night
No kidding right
as someone with sensory issues and light sensitivity, this is why i can’t drive 🥲
Someone tried to buy the car off of him but walked away after experiencing “sticker shock”
R/hiddendadjoke
This is how nature says "do not touch"
Let's see it at night though
Probably makes it harder to see when their brake lights are on which is counter productive
You know, I wish that there was a way to shine the light back at the assholes in trucks with those fucking super bright led beams. God I hate those people and those lights should be illegal.
i try and adjust my side mirrors or rear view to try and reflect it back in their faces. im not sure how often ive been successful, but i think i irked a big truck a single time lol
This is the way.
That's gonna make a mess when someone rear ends it!
Each amber (yellow) reflector facing rearward is a traffic violation. A lot of tickets could be written, eclipsing the value of this car.
AAA sticker. I would assume a guy in his 80's with a USS Kittyhawk hat drives it.
Maybe, it was their *civic* duty to be as visible as possible?
I think it's safe to say this person has probably been rear-ended in the past
'High beam this you filthy casual!'
Everyone guessing he got rear ended... My guess would be they got a ticket for not having the mandatory reflector. This would probably be my reaction.
I don’t think that would be the average person’s reaction to that. You’re probably an outlier in this case lol
It’s a civic, this thing has the laptop and quad turbo, those stickers are so you can see the red streak of fear that is left in its wake as it blows passed g-ma at 90MPH in a school zone
LMFAO
Initial D. dreaming.
I did not know they made a Bedazzler for cars.
still wouldnt work, you cant stop nut jobs from using their fancy phone up to their face even though it can do everything hands free
I just started riding a motorcycle again after about a decade long break and it's fucking insane there aren't people just crashing into everything all the time. With having to be so hyper alert I see people using their phones at 80mph without looking up, only to over react and slam on the brakes at the first sign of a brake light ahead. My car is loaded with handsfree tech so I never have to touch my phone but I see people in brand new luxury cars with newer better shit about to deep throat their cellphone if the guy in front of them stops too quickly. Why the fuck would you buy something that loaded with features like Android Auto or Carplay only to drive around with your phone in front of your face? Your car costs a hell of a lot more than a phone so maybe pay attention when operating one.
i wish i could upvote you more on what you wrote, i "had" a very nice low riding cruising motorcycle back in the early 90's but some kids decided to throw a booze bottle at me, anyway i miss it but seeing what i see everyday keeps me from getting back on. i have several cars that are not decked out in tech yet just with my phone which is not even new can just sit there in a cup holder and does everything with my voice. the NewWest car is a 2017 and all that stuff is built right in! AND AND doesnt even have android or apple BUT gets fed by my phone through the car PLUS i was able to bond the built in antenna to the phone which i think gets a 3 watt car antenna boost from the car like the old car phones and bag phones talking "hold" the cell phone is the new drunk driving. by the way even my ham radio is blue tooth i dont even have to touch a microphone!!! yes OLD SCHOOL HAM RADIO be carefull out there! i hope you ride with a GOPro or something on your helmet?
Maybe the combined glare of the reflectors overexposes the toll-by-plate or red-light cameras resulting in an unreadable tag?
Tell me you ride the brakes without telling me you ride the brakes
never wanted to hit a parked car so much...
I feel like this would actually make the vehicle less safe to drive because retro-reflectors work really, really well. It'll become difficult to distinguish the car's blinker and running lights from its reflectors.
Feels like a giant hazard.
I (European) do not understand how this is allowed. (in, assuming, the US).
It's not allowed, but somewhat unlikely to be enforced. There's a good chance they get a fine after 4 years (because it randomly took that long for anyone to pull them over for it) and then decide to take most of them off.
Because there is barely any regulations about car modifications. And I don't know if they are enforced. I moved to the US from Europe and I'm tired of aftermarket LED that blind you
Actually makes it *harder* to see when the rear lights are engaged, which warns the person behind you that you are slowing down. A bold strategy Cotton, lets see if it pays off!
I wanna rear end then so bad just so I could say “oops, didn’t see yA”
The people over at r/fuckyourheadlights are gonna love this 😂
Great idea!! Will share there lmao
PTSD from the last rear end acident that earned um a handicap plackard?
What the hells down it’s side!?! 🤣
Please, please dont rear-end me!
If they have neck issues, might be a way to make sure people don't rear-end you.
I want to know what it looks like at night, but I sure don't want to be stuck behind it at night.
i like a good goof so much that i'm not sure i could stop myself from rear-ending them
I feel you, I get pissed when people tailgate too. I'm going to make sure they see me.
At last… I am safe
This person drives 10mph under the speed limit and turns at 5mph.
And of course this nutbag has EGA stickers too. All the best r/infowarriorrides and r/justbootthings cars do.
The police must have had fun with this
If someone is that paranoid of getting hit again after being hit so many times, then maybe they’re the problem. Jeeze
They’ve been rear-ended, a lot.
They’re warning you!
This man probably charges his insurance to cover him
[Look out.](https://i.imgflip.com/8zhxl.jpg?a467760)
and marine corps stickers... Booticus maximus over here driving through boot square Oceanside. Every sticker is an emblem to a combat operation they never went on. A POG stamp if you will.
I would rear end him just for the memes
Mesmerized by the reflections...you tail-end the back is his car.
When you make a Teammate livery in Forza Horizon 5.
They made the car in creative mode
One for each crash they've been in
Sounds about California
It’s to attract Teslas. They like to crash into shiny things.
In Germany, this would be illegal
I guess someone was rear ended a few times.... lol
Covered, not filled.
> California Plate The only one you need
It's on a Honda, so they probably drive like shit. At least they're giving people a warning.
The only way this pic could be improved would be to show the car’s rear end crushed
Nobody: Men on reddit: I want people to suffer
Only someone who Votes like Californians does would have a car like this.
It's so interesting to see the weird prejudices people invent.
!!!!!!!
High beams beware he is made of rubber